Governing International Commons: From Polycentric to Plurinational Governance in the Amazon

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Roger Merino (Universidad del Pacifico)

Governing International Commons

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From Polycentric to Plurinational Governance in the Amazon

Roger Merino (Universidad del Pacifico)

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Cambridge University Press
14 May 2026

Environmental economics; Environment law; Conservation of the environment

Series: Transnational Environmental Law

The Amazon rainforest is a vital carbon reservoir and climate regulator, and yet global demands on its natural resources are leading to irreversible environmental damage, impacting the planet's water cycle, climate, and food security. How to balance the interests of the eight Amazon basin states with these global environmental concerns, and the ancestral rights of the over 400 indigenous peoples that live there? Building on fieldwork in Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador, this book provides a novel multi-scalar and multi-sectoral analysis of the Amazon. In doing so, it argues that the current governance of the Amazon exhibits the policy failures of polycentricity, with different authorities developing localised environmental initiatives with weak coordination. It sets out a policy paradigm shift to plurinational governance, that incorporates indigenous peoples and conservation scientists in international decision-making. This book will interest academics of environmental law, politics and governance, and policymakers and practitioners involved in global environmental governance in general and international commons and the Amazonian region in particular.

By: Roger Merino (Universidad del Pacifico)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9781009689045
ISBN 10: 1009689045
Series: Transnational Environmental Law
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 14 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. The Amazon as an International Commons: Governing Principles for Negotiating Sovereignty and Environmental Imaginaries; 3. The Amazon as a Place of Global Extractivism: Rethinking Extractivism and Infrastructure in Extractive Frontiers; 4. The Amazon as a Place for Global Conservation; 5. Envisioning a Plurinational Governance for the Amazon; 6. Envisioning a Pluriversal Environmental Governance: Scientific and Indigenous Ontologies in the Amazon; 7. Conclusions.

Roger Merino is Associate Professor at the Public Management School, Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru). He is a Research Associate at University of Georgia's Center for Integrative Conservation Research, former Visiting Scholar at the Harvard's Institute for Global Law and Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Social and Policy Sciences (University of Bath, United Kingdom) and master degrees in International Policy and Comparative Law. He is a prolific author of research articles, book chapters, and a monograph on issues of political ecology, environmental governance, human rights, and international environmental law.